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This is definitely unfortunate. I use TB on my work machine in Ubuntu on a daily basis, and I wouldn't like to go back to Evolution... It's more than I need.

On my personal machines, Thunderbird is perfect. I have one email client that works the same in Windows 7, MacOS, and Linux (Mint+Ubuntu). They all get their email through IMAP, contacts through Zindus (gmail contacts), and calendars through WebDAV. No matter which of my machines I am on, I have the same contents and user experience... I'd hate to lose that.

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Didn't Mozilla already make Thunderbird a community project and reversed the decision after one major release? Why attempt it again?

The thing is that Mozilla products (with a few exceptions) are aimed at large masses. Thunderbird sat at the border of "masses" and "business". The masses has long ago migrated to webmail. Business is over half using MS products, which doesn't integrate well (if at all) with Thunderbird.

As much as I thought Thunderbird was better than Evolution, I think this makes sense for Mozilla.

I myself haven't used anything but webmail for 2 years, and for another 3 or 4, I was only on-and-off on a client (which was indeed Thunderbird).

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It's not as if it's been a high priority project for them, ever. Their best product ever was the Suite, it's what made their browser more useful than anyone else's. They forgot that a long time ago. So it goes.

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The thing is that Mozilla products (with a few exceptions) are aimed at large masses. Thunderbird sat at the border of "masses" and "business". The masses has long ago migrated to webmail. Business is over half using MS products, which doesn't integrate well (if at all) with Thunderbird.

As much as I thought Thunderbird was better than Evolution, I think this makes sense for Mozilla.

I myself haven't used anything but webmail for 2 years, and for another 3 or 4, I was only on-and-off on a client (which was indeed Thunderbird).

Wow, thanks for the quick response! I don't really blame people for using Web mail. Gmail's newest UI upgrade is amazing.